Propagation very erratic. K=3
at first up to K=5 later. A
=10 Flux=70
0800z - 0900z Europe - Anzo Net
on 14,293 Long Path.
Again I heard little - Thanks
to Klaus for this report : -
"Greetings Bill,
Again one of these days
where it helped to be living
south of the Channel. When I
put on my head phones, a
triangle QSO was already
running between VK4ZD, ZL1RD
and VK3KCD and booming in
and PA0SDZ had called in.
08:04z VK4ZD, Bill.
59/59. Call sign of Bill's &
Diane's daughter, Alizah:
VK4FOXE.
Unfortunately, operation on
14 MHz not allowed.
08:07z ZL1RD, Rob. 59/59.
100 W and 3-el. beam on top
of ridge. XYL Helen is
ZL1WHL. 12 acres in area
known as Dairy Flat.
08:08z VK3KCD, Peter. 56.
Got 58. Although Peter is
very active on the net, this
was our first decent QSO in
a couple of years.
08:21z PA0SDZ, Les. No copy
here, but Les worked Bill
and Rob.
08:23z EA7GSU, Pertti,
worked Bill and Rob, but
nothing heard here until
08:55 when signal quickly
increased to 59.
08:25z G4YZE, Bill, 33 here
and, as far as I could
gather, only slightly better
in VK4 and ZL1.
08:30z HB9MCZ, Jean
Francois from Montreux.
Visitor, 55, but quickly
lost. Rob took over and got
name and QTH.
09:05z Net closed.
At about 08:30, VK4ZD
quickly dropped to 55 and
44, which made me believe
that the net had started too
late,
but after 5 - 10 minutes
Bill came back again to 57
and stayed there.
ZL1RD's signal was very
steady here, 59 for a start
and dropping to 57 at the
end.
Not two Sundays with the
same propagation pattern.
73 Klaus, HB9CQS"
0900z - 1000z UK 80-metre Net
on 3,694.
G2FUU Tommy in charge from
Nazeing, Essex.
Ten
on the net in very long skip and
lots of qrm.
1130z - 1230z International Net
on 14,293.
Transatlantic path dead.
Following received from
Jim/W1QUO : -
Dear Bill,
I monitored 14.293 from 11
to 12:30 UTC, Sunday, March
9. Solar noise was
extremely heavy throughout
this period.
No signals were heard, not
even a weak heterodyne.
About 12:40 the band opened
up for a short period and I
worked
a maritime mobile station in
the Caribbean. He confirmed
poor propagation. Hoping for
better results next Sunday.
73 Jim W1QUO
And from Coos/VE2GTI : -
Sunday morning 11.40 Z.
"Hi Bill!
Band absolutely dead. Noise
level 3-5
Yesterday and last night we had
a terrible (biggest ever) snow
storm. The gardens are meters
high with snow.
Even I (6'5") cannot look over
the mountains made by the snow
machine that keeps our driveway
way clean every 4-6 hours!
The contractor is not making
much money this snow season,
which started mid November.
Don't know whether we shall make
it to church or not.
73's to all Coos VE2GTI
We did better with some short
skip into Spain
EA7GSU Pertti and John EA/G4HMG
were 5/8 here and had a ball
getting good contacts with Don
G0JWE, Cees PA2X,
and John GW4KVJ plus a few
visitors.
Not exactly what we intended but
it made a very interesting net.
I can only echo Jim's
sentiments. Better luck next
week !
1900z - 2000z UK evening
80-metre Net on 3,694
G0SQH Derek in charge from
Ringwood.
Six
on the net including EA/G4HMG
John from Spain.-
and
it was great to hear Don G0JWE
back home after 3 weeks
cruise up the Amazon, into the
rain forest - and the Caribbean.
We
look forward to a full account
of his travels.
Strong signals with some qsb on
nearer stations.
Interesting propagation !
Messages Received.
Our President John Maier W8AUV
has responded to a request from
RI with a review of Roar and
Amateur Radio activities for
publication in a future edition
of The Rotarian and has received
the following response : -
Wonderful! I look
forward to reading your
story in ROTARIAN magazine.
My best wishes to everyone
in ROAR.
I am happy that not only am
I Chairman of R. I.
Committee on Fellowships,
but a member of ROAR.
Abraham I. Gordon,
WA1YCG, Chairman, R. I.
Committee on Fellowships.
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That's all for this week.
73 de Bill g4yze
